Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration to support sustainable growth of various sectors
With the province being the second largest economic hub in Cambodia, the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Administration has put in place a number of plans to support the socio-economic and tourism sectors for quality and sustainable growth. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501094386/preah-sihanouk-provincial-administration-to-support-sustainable-growth-of-various-sectors/
Cambodia underlines ASEAN’s centrality, unity
Cambodia on August 8 celebrated the 56th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), stressing once again the imperative of maintaining the bloc’s centrality and unity to deal with key challenges. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501339418/cambodia-underlines-aseans-centrality-unity/
It’s crowded at Kantha Bopha III
Pregnant women who sought antenatal care and delivery services at Siem Reap’s Kantha Bopha III Hospital increased by 35% in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501340010/its-crowded-at-kantha-bopha-iii/
NEC delegation to learn about French polls system
Prach Chan, chairman of the National Election Committee (NEC), flew to France yesterday evening with 10 senior officials to gain experience and learn about the electoral system to improve the electoral process in Cambodia. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501254423/nec-delegation-to-learn-about-french-polls-system/
NEC expects international observers to register before deadline
Despite an effort by opposition groups to lobby the international community to refrain from sending observers, the National Election Committee (NEC) is confident that international observers will register before their deadline on July 19. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501288907/nec-expects-international-observers-to-register-before-deadline/
Traditional birth attendants watch over mothers in Cambodia
The remote village of Sre Veal Koet, Cambodia, lies at the end of a dusty road 36 kilometers (approx. 22 miles) from the nearest health center. The road isn’t always dusty; in the rainy season, it becomes deep mud. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317974/traditional-birth-attendants-watch-over-mothers-in-cambodia/
Education minister attends Global School Meals Coalition Summit
Minister of Education, Youth and Sport Hang Chuon Naron is attending a two-day Global School Meals Coalition Summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron today and tomorrow in Paris. ...
Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501377977/education-minister-attends-global-school-meals-coalition-summit/
CDC improves QIP application process for foreign investors
The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) is seeking to make it easier for foreign firms to register as applicants for Qualified Investment Projects (QIP) in Cambodia through improvements to the online registration system. ...
James Whitehead
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501446568/cdc-improves-qip-application-process-for-foreign-investors/
Cambodia seeks more investment from Europe
Even though Cambodia has attracted more European investors, the number of their investment projects in the country is still small, said Sun Chanthol, Deputy Prime Minister and First Vice Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia. ...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501455006/cambodia-seeks-more-investment-from-europe/
Cambodia’s milled rice exports up 1.2 per cent in first nine months this year
Cambodia’s milled rice export hit 269,370 tonnes in the first nine months of 2014, up 1.2 per cent from 266,123 tonnes over the same period last year, according to latest official data. ...
Far Eastern Agriculture News Staff
http://www.fareasternagriculture.com/crops/agriculture/cambodia-s-milled-rice-exports-up-1-2-per-cent-in-first-nine-months-this-year
Cambodia’s int’l trade value up 9 percent
The value of Cambodia’s international trade increased by about 9 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year, according to the latest data from the Commerce Ministry. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodias-intl-trade-value-up-9-percent-91908/
The Missing Link
Resources to feed and educate a child, access to shelter and a life free of abuse arc fundamental rights, yet each day millions of Cambodians struggle to meet their basic needs alone. With more than 30% of the population living below the national poverty line of ...
Kratie sees surge in visitors as tourists rush northeast
Cambodia’s tourism industry is expanding beyond the iconic temples of Siem Reap and its white-sand beaches to the country’s little-explored northeast, with domestic tourists leading the surge, provincial data showed yesterday. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20534/kratie-sees-surge-in-visitors-as-tourists-rush-northeast/
Tax tweak makes it hard to hide
An amendment to the tax code gives government auditors clearer authority to access individual and corporate financial data, providing a tool to identify tax evasion and a deterrent to prevent it, tax professionals said yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-tweak-makes-it-hard-hide
Malaria is down, not out: report
Cambodia is moving closer to its goal of eliminating malaria deaths by 2015, with the number of fatal cases declining from 93 in 2011 to 12 last year, data from a new World Health Organisation report show. ...
Laignee Barron
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/malaria-down-not-out-report
Stop issuing docs to ‘illegals’, officials told
The director of immigration at the Interior Ministry has warned local authorities to immediately cease distributing identity documents to illegal immigrants after recent census data revealed that allegedly crooked officials have been handing out papers. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/stop-issuing-docs-illegals-officials-told
ELC guards ‘Keep NGOs off property’
Security guards from a Chinese development firm in Koh Kong province have allegedly prevented civil society groups from gathering data they planned to use for a petition asking for compensation for evictees. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elc-guards-%E2%80%98keep-ngos-property%E2%80%99
Cambodia's H1 garment exports up 10.73 pct, projected strong this year
Cambodia’s garment exports grew by 10.73 percent in the first half of 2018 and are projected to remain strong despite a European Union threat to withdraw duty-free trading access, official data showed on Wednesday. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-stocks/nasdaq-confirms-correction-while-sp-500-and-dow-erase-2018-gains-idUSKCN1MY1LZ
New mapping app seeks to relay urban woes to city hall
A new mobile phone application launched yesterday aims to collect data on flooding, blackouts, traffic jams and other problems that plague Phnom Penh, then map its findings for use by citizens and City Hall. ...
Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/111069-111069/
Coal outgrows hydropower
As Cambodia’s demand for electricity grows and domestic energy production increases, new data released from the Ministry of Mines and Energy yesterday show that coal-fired energy generation surpassed hydroelectricity for the first time last year. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/coal-outgrows-hydropower